Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10592, Roswell Dudley, Conn.

SERVICE
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Dudley Roswell
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No. 549 New York
Noswell Dudley
of Chenango in the State of New York who was a Private in the Corp. commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt. commanded by Col. Mead in the Cont. line for 8 Mos
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sep. 1833 and Sutto P.B. Pringle Norwich
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $ 66.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mo '34 13.33 $ 79.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Go. Estiles Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 1. Page 54.

State of New York Chautauqua County p:
On this ninth day of October A.D. 1832. personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas of said Coun- ty, now sitting.
Present Gno: Tracy Nathan Taylor Semi Bigelow Hezekiah Reed Charles York
Roswell Dudley a resident of Preston, Che- nango County and State of New York, aged seventy years and upwards, who be- ing first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In the year 1779 or 1780 - he cannot tell which year - and in the month of June - but the day of the month he does not recollect - he was called into the service of the United States, at Killingsworth, New Haven Connecticut, by being drafted for two months, into the Connecticut Troops - The Company into which he was drafted was commanded by Captain Day of Sea Brook - Lieutenant Atkins (of Middlefield he thinks) and Ensign Hall of Milford - Does not know the name of the Colonel of the Regiment.
A short time after

ing drafted he marched to Horseneck, through Branford, New Haven, Fairfield, Norwalk and remained at Horseneck until the two months had expired, and was then discharged, verbally, by the Colonel and returned home.
He was acquainted with Thomas Coe and Elias Bishop of Guilford and with Orderly Sergeant Coe of Middlefield who entered the company at the time he did - served with him and were discharged with him.
In the next year after he was discharged at Horseneck as he believes (but cannot be positive whether it was the next or next but one) he enlisted at Killingworth, Connecticut, about the first of January, into the Connecticut Troops, for the term of six months, into a company of militia commanded by Captain John Smith of Middletown - has forgotten the names of Lieutenant and Ensign - Colonel Mead of Horseneck town was the Colonel of his Regiment.
A very short time after he enlisted he marched with his company towards Horseneck, upon the same route he marched on before. They quartered during the winter at near Horseneck. After Winter quarters had broke up, they marched to Horseneck where he stayed under arms until sometime in the summer when his term of six months, for which he enlisted had expired, and he was then discharged by the Colonel, verbally, and went home.
In this town, he was acquainted

with Ezra Kelsey of Killingsworth and Henry Hill and Selah Hill of the same place and many others whose names names he does not remember, who all entered the service when he did, served with him and were discharged at the same time and place, that he was.
He has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service except his brother Benajah Dudley of Brattleboro, Vermont whose affidavit accompanies this declaration.
In answer to the interrogatories required by the War Department to be put by the Govt. to applicants for Pensions, he answers as follows:
1. He was born in Guilford, New Haven Co. Connecticut, on the 17 th day of December A. D. 1761. 2 nd . He has no record of his age, unless it is upon the Records of the Town Clerk of Guilford or Killingsworth, Connecticut. 3. He lived at Killingsworth both times he entered the service - Since the war, he has lived at Syme, Connecticut, until about ten years since when he removed to Preston, Chenango County where he has resided ever since, and where he now resides.

4 th He was drafted the first time, and volunteered the second time.
5. He did not know any regular Officers among the Troops where he served - cannot name any Continental or Militia Regiments, and the general circumstances of his service are stated as fully in the body of the declaration as he can give them.
6 th He never received a written discharge; was always discharged, verbally.
7 th He gives the names of the Rev. Cyrus Hove of McDonough, Chenango County N.Y. Dr. William Mason - Wells Mait Justice of the Peace, Solomon Mait, William Packer, Jeremiah Smith, and Col. Smith Johnson all of Preston Chenango Co. as men living in his present neighborhood to whom he is known and who can testify to his character for veracity and to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
and this deponent declares, that the reason why his brother Benajah's affidavit states his residence to be Norwich N.Y. instead of Preston is, that the letter which Mr. Prindle his agent wrote to Benajah in order to procure his affidavit, was dated and mailed at Norwich Post Office - and he presumes his brother sup-

posed his residence was Norwich, from that circumstance: that he has never heard of and does not believe that there is in the town of Norwich, a person of the name of Roswell Dudley - and he hereby believes that the Roswell Dudley mentioned in his brother's affidavit, is himself and cannot mean any other person, and that it was written Norwich from a misapprehension as to his true residence.
And this deponent further swears, that he is a poor man in indigent circumstances and cannot without greater inconvenience and expense to himself than he can bear, produce his Clergyman & witness in Open Court.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid H. Pike Clk
Roswell Dudley
Chenango County ss: Philander B. Pundt, Attorney at Law and Deputy Clerk of the County of Chenango, being duly sworn according to law, deponeth and saith, that he was employed, in July last, by Mr. Roswell Dudley of Preston in said County, to aid him in making out & preparing his papers, in order

to an application to the Court of Common Pleas of said County, for a pension, under the Late Pension act - that Mr. Dudley told him he had a brother Benajah in Brattleboro Vermont who was the only person whom he knew that was living, who could testify to his services and requested this deponent to write to him to obtain his affidavit as to his services, which he did, pursuant to Mr. Dudley request - The letter at to Benajah Dudley was written, dated and mailed at Norwich N.Y. and requested the answer to be directed to this deponent at Norwich - Some time in August, Mr. Benajah Dudley's affidavit, with a letter came directed to this deponent "at Norwich" - which affidavit and letter is annexed to & accompanies this declaration -
This deponent has never heard of any Roswell Dudley in this County, except the present applicant and after having made inquiries in  satisfactory that there is no man of that name in the County except the Roswell Dudley of Reston who has signed the preceding declaration - and he verily believes that Benajah Dudley made the mistake in Roswell's Residence, in consequence of this deponent's letter, being mailed at Norwich, and requesting the answer to be directed to Norwich , and further this deponent saith not -
Philander B. Prindle
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W. P. D. C. M.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter

and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states: and the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Cyrus Pease who has signed the annexed accompanying Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of McDonough Chenango Co. and that William Mason who has signed the same is a resident of the town of Preston in said County and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit -
And the Court further Certify that the said Roswell Dudley cannot without too great inconvenience and expense produce the Clergyman witness in open court - and the Court are also satisfied that the Roswell Dudley alluded to and named in Benajah Dudley affidavit, is the applicant who has signed the preceding declaration.
Judges of the Court Stephen Taylor of Chenango Common Pleas State of Charles York New York
State of New York Chenango County p: I, Darius K. Pike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Roswell Dudley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this ninth day of October A.D. 1832 P. B. Pundl Dep CLK

No 18271
Roswell Dudley Schenango County New York
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Q B Prindle Norwich Schenango County New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement,  showing the Service of Roswell Dudley Chenango County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted June { 1779 or 1780 } - 2 - private Capt Say Marched to Saratoga through Brattleboro' New Haven Fairfield & Norwalk 70 years Hillingsworth New Haven County Connecticut Revolutionary evidence Living Witnesses Clugunan &c. Papers not properly attached   Enlisted Jan { 1780 or 1781 } - 6 - private Capt Smith Col Head  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court:]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. Mass
10592
INVALID.
File No. 10,592
Rowell Dudley Rev. Beer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 104
[Arrangement of 1870.]

paid Bx 17
Paris VII A
$26.66
P B Prindle Esqr. Norwich Chenango County New York
W. R. Hayes, Jr.
Rev. De Paul Dwyer Pioneer Missionary Nueve de Junio City Colo. of Illinois P. B. Prindle 1893 Vernon Chenango Co. NY

Battleboro Aug 10 th 1832
Mr Russell Dudley
Sir - I am requested by your brother Benajah Dudley to inform you that he was very happy to hear from you and also to lend you such assistance as was in his power towards obtaining a p et to which he has no doubt that you are honestly entitled. The foregoing deposition contains all that he is able to recollect respecting the circumstances of your service during the revolutionary war. His memory has grown poor of late years and he is barely able to recollect the names of one or two officers under whom he himself served. He requests me to add that his family is in good health and that they send their respects to you and yours. He does not wish you to trouble yourself about the expense of the deposition as he fears that it may not be of much benefit to you and whether it should be or not he does not wish of you any pay for it.
Yours &c
M rs H. Hays
for
Benajah Dudley

I Benajah Dudley of Brattleboro' in the county of Windham and State of Vermont do on oath depose testify and say - That I am Sixty nine years of age - That Roswell Dudley formerly of Killington in the state of Connecticut and now of Norwich in the state of New York is my brother and that during the revolutionary war our residence was at Killington and at the house of our father Nathaniel Dudley - In the year 1779 or 1780 as near as I can recollect my brother Roswell was drafted into the service of the United States - I think for two months and served out that time - After this period he enlisted at Middlesex in the state of Connecticut I think for six months and served out that period in the army of the revolution I cannot recollect and perhaps never knew the name of any officers under whom he served - If I recollect right the force to which he was attached was stationed at Housatonic and Stamford in the state of Connecticut - The particular season why I think that my brother Roswell was out in 1779 or 1780 is that it was before I myself enlisted into the service which was in March 1781 at which time I was in my eighteenth year
Benajah Dudley
State of Vermont
Windham ss -
{ Brattleboro' August 8 th 1832
Then personally appeared Benajah Dudley the signer of the above written deposition and made solemn oath that the aforesaid deposition contains the truth and nothing but the truth - Before M c H. Hayes
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Benajah Dudley who has signed the above deposition sustains an irreproachable character for truth and veracity and that in my opinion his statement is entitled to credit
M c H. Hayes Justice Peace

State of Vermont.
Windsor County Court-Clerk's Office
New France, August 9. A.D. 1832.
I certify that William A. Hayes, Esquire, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windsor aforesaid, and that the within are his signatures -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County Court on the day and year above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.

State of New York
Chenango County ss: We Cyrus  Being a Clergy- man residing in the town of Mc. Donough, in said County, and William Mason Physician, residing in the town of Preston in said County (the said Stearns residence being about 2 miles from the residence of Roswell Dudley the applicant na- med herein) do certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. Roswell Dudley of the town of Preston in said County and have known him for a number of years - that we believe him to be 70 years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion: that we have never heard any doubts expressed by any person as to his having been such Revolutionary Soldier - and that the said Roswell Dudley is a man of good character and we believe his statements entitled to full faith and credit -
Sworn and subscribed, Cyrus Stearns this 14th day of September 1832 Before me William Mason
Wills Wait - } Justice of the Peace of Preston, Chenango Co.
Chenango County ss I am acquainted with the above named Cyrus Stearns Being and William Mason and know the former to be a Clergyman resident as he means - and the latter to be a reputable Physician of Preston aforesaid and a credible person
Wills Wait } Justice of the peace

State
State of New York Chautauqua County ss: I, Dennis K. Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that Wells Wait before whom the within certificate & affida- vit purports to have been sworn and whose name is signed to the within certificate of character, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County: and that I am as acquainted with his handwriting and really believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certifi- cate to be his genuine hand writing and signa- ture
Witness my hand and seal of of- fice this 6th day of October A.D. 1822.
D. K. Pike Dep: Clerk

Amended Declaration
State of New- Hampshire County, ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of Cheshire County Courts, Mr. Roswell Dudley, of Preston in Cheshire County, to me known, who being duly sworn, says, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot state positively the precise length of his service, but according to the best best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades to wit:
2 mos. For two months I served as a private in the Company of Captain Say, in the Connecticut Troops, as stated in my declaration
6 mos. For 6 months, I served as a private in the Company of Capt. Smith, under Col. Mead, in the Connecticut Troops, as stated in my declaration.
And for the above periods of time (making in both eight months, I claim a pension—
I cannot state with any more exactness than I have done, the period of the war i.e the precise year in which I served — The service was all in embodied corps called into service by competent authority of the State of Connecticut — I was during the whole of the above time engaged in the military exclusively, and was not, at any of the time, employed in any civil employment — And further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before me this June 1st. 1833
ROSWELL DUDLEY
with all Pundy first judge of Cheshire County Courts Counsellor at Law

State of New York Albany County: I Harris K. Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that Smith M Burdy before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts of said County And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and really believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine handwriting and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 3d. June 1833.
P. B. Miale Dep: Clerk.